Police officer shoots breaking and entering suspect

WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) -- The State Bureau of Investigation is on the scene of a shooting, after Wilmington Police opened fire on three breaking and entering suspects.

It started at 5002 Lamp Post Circle. A person inside the home called 911 to report someone was breaking in. According to police, three black males kicked in the door and pointed a gun at the resident. The men then ran out the door and through a wooded area on Lullwater Drive.

Officers responding to the call spotted a gold Cadillac with three males fitting the description of the suspects. Police say the driver refused to stop and tried to run over the officers. Officers say that's when police opened fire and hit one suspect in the leg. That suspect was treated at New Hanover Regional Medical Center for minor injuries.

He is in police custody with the other two suspects.

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I'm afraid that your neighbor is very much mistaken; violent crime is not committed equally by race. To not acknowledge that black youths are responsible for the majority of crime in Wilmington is a sad liberal lie. Why are we afraid of facing reality? Do you (we) fear being labelled a racist? Being called a racist is a great way of stifling productive debate. But labelling people racist fosters the illusion of normalcy amongst blacks.

Over the last 2 or 3 months young black males are committing the majority of violent crimes downtown but I am sure young white males(or whatever race) are committing just as many in the county. The crimes may not be as violent. Maybe the other races just aren't committing any crimes this year. Stats would help.

Three black males (oh, racist me!) kick in someones door in the middle of the night...how brazen! This is the very reason every homeowner should keep that 12ga pump handy. It would save the police a lot of time looking for them and it'd save some prison space too! Nothing but a win-win here!

When we have violent thugs willing to be this brave to break into some random persons property and commit armed robbery, the prudent citizen needs to insure he and his family are properly prepared snd protected. This is becoming a very serious and "nightly" occurring problem.

Just remember, when your life depends on the next few seconds, the police are only minutes away...

Wonder if any of your tax dollars are at work on something that's TRULY worthwhile? This news story confirms it. Thanks to WPD officers, more worthless scum is off the streets for a while.

Next up to prove their worth is the DA's office. DO NOT let us - the public citizens you serve - down at this crucial juncture. DO NOT allow these idiots back out onto our streets. More often than not, it's the judicial portion of our legal system that lets us down. Don't believe me? Check out public records. You can request to see who was arrested and why. You'll discover that the police officers and the deputies are doing their jobs. They're diligently working to make arrests. And for those of you who fall into the mental slug category, let me just stop you right here before you say something that will cause you to embarrass yourselves. NO - they are NOT out making frivolous arrests. To do so would undermine public perception of those who work in public safety, and there is absolutely NO reason why ANY department would ever want to do that.

So now it's up to you, judges and attorneys. You can choose to sell us all out in the name of expediency or laziness, or you can do the job for which you're being paid, and that is to uphold our laws. Repeat offenders...criminals who are repeat offenders...it's up to YOU, judges and attorneys to put an end to that kind of behavior. That means NO dismissing and NO pleading down.

The police work hard and put their lives on the line to keep scum like these men off the streets. The judges, the DA's and the wormy slime, ambulance chasing attornies put them right back out on the street...over and over and over again!

A vehicle coming at you trying to run you down. A windshield and possibly a car body which would have to be penetrated by a round and would, in all possibility, severely affect it's trajectory. Have you ever worked in law enforcement and/or fired a gun? It's one thing to stand on a firing line with several other officers and put a nice little grouping in the center mass of a paper target. It's quite another when you're adrenaline is pumping while a vehicle full of felons tries to run you down. Try it sometime.

Ok let's hear how great these guys are, how racist the cops are and how unjustified this was. We're sick of it, WPD is sick of it. You're blind and/or ignorant if you don't see it and anything you say is meaningless. Fix your "community" or get shot and/or killed. Wilmington is Little Texas at this point, this will not continue to happen here. You don't like it? MOVE! Sick of this.